Settings Course Settings Publish Buttons Summary Course Publish and Unpublish buttons display in the Course Settings page. Change Benefit This change allows courses to be published from either the Course Settings page or the Dashboard. Affected User Roles Instructors Feature Workflow In the Course Details tab, the top of the Course Settings sidebar includes the
Spring 2021-Summer 2021 we had a successful pilot for Hypothes.is and Gradescope in Canvas. There was fantastic feedback from faculty and students. As a result, we will be having a University site license for Hypothes.is starting this Fall 2021 term. Hypothesis is an easy to use pedagogical tool that enables students and teachers to have
Assignments Student Annotation Submissions New Quizzes Save and Build Button Workflow Summary The New Quiz creation page includes both a Save button and a Build button. Change Benefit This change aligns the Save button behavior with other areas of Canvas, and the Build button distinctively separates the workflow for building a quiz. Affected User Roles
Assignments Webcam Submissions Summary In File Upload assignments, students can use their webcam to submit to an assignment. Change Benefit This change allows students to use their webcam to submit a file upload assignment from the browser and aligns behavior with the Canvas Student app. Affected User Roles & Behaviors Students For File Upload assignments,
Effective March 26th, 2021, Chapman will be changing the default cloud recording to: Record active speaker with shared screen. This change will provide a better viewing experience in Canvas for Students. Students will see only two options, audio and video. The prior default settings made five different files (speaker view, shared screen, gallery view, shared
Courses MathJax Equation Enhancements & Text Field LaTeX Characters Summary LaTeX equations can be entered in any Canvas text field, and MathJax is loaded if Canvas detects an equation image added by delimited LaTeX characters. Change Benefit This change allows users to use equations in more areas of Canvas and manage equations more efficiently. Affected
Please come with your questions regarding hypothes.is. The session will be an open discussion for questions or concerns if you are currently in the pilot or would like to learn more about the tool. Please sign up for 2/17/2021 12:00pm-12:45pm
PAGES Bulk Page Delete Multiple pages can be deleted at one time in the Pages Index page. This change allows outdated content to be removed more quickly. Previously pages could only be deleted one at a time. Pages can be multi-selected by selecting a checkbox next to the pages. More details Individual Page Student View
ASSIGNMENTS: Direct Share Enforcement In Assignments, Quizzes, Discussions, and Pages, you can copy content to another course and share individual content items with another user. This change allows you to copy and share content directly in Canvas without having to use a secondary repository like Commons. Due and Availability Date Bulk Edit Enforcement The Assignments
The Class Climate archive, where we are storing PDF copies of all Course Evaluations conducted from Interterm 2014 through Spring 2020, is open for faculty direct downloads beginning, Monday, July 13, at 9 a.m. through Monday, July 20 at 4 p.m. We suggest that you review your records, and if you find you are missing the PDF